What's going on: Times Square car bomb suspect did a 'dry run'

Steve Borland / Times Herald-Record via APM-88 Silver Salutes are on display at Phantom Fireworks in Matamoras, Pa. on Wednesday. Faisal Shahzad, the man accused of trying to detonate a car bomb in Times Square on Saturday, bought several boxes of the Silver Salutes at that store, but they "wouldn't damage a watermelon," the company's president said.

Here are the latest developments in the attempted Times Square car bombing case:

• According to a law enforcement official, the man accused of the attempted bombing, Faisal Shahzad, scouted Times Square in advance to decide on the best place to leave his explosives-laden Nissan Pathfinder, The Associated Press reported. He later returned to drop off a getaway car blocks away from his target but had to take public transit because he left the keys in the Pathfinder, the official said. Shahzad returned to Times Square the next day to pick up the getaway car.

• Police say they have surveillance video of Shahzad at Time Square just after the attack, and another video showing him buying fireworks in Pennsylvania.

• Shahzad bought several boxes of Silver Salute M88 fireworks from Phantom Fireworks in Matamoras, Pa., store vice president William Wiemer told The Associated Press. "The M88 he used wouldn't damage a watermelon. Thank goodness he used that," Bruce Zoldan, the company's president, told The Associated Press.